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In the cattle pits, live cattle futures posted a solid session Monday, gaining two dollars and twelve cents to three dollars and seventy-two cents at the close. Open interest climbed by three thousand five hundred eighteen contracts, signaling genuine new buying rather than short covering. Cash trade last week settled near two hundred forty-six dollars nationally, with late transactions touching two hundred forty-eight, keeping the underlying market firm heading into Tuesday's session.
Shifting to hogs, lean hog futures were essentially flat Monday, ranging from down twelve cents to up twenty-seven cents across the board. Open interest added two thousand one hundred sixty-four contracts, suggesting modest fresh positioning. The USDA's national base hog price came in at ninety dollars and twenty-four cents Monday afternoon, slipping eighteen cents from the prior session, so traders will be watching whether that softness carries into Tuesday's open.
And in the grain complex, soybeans are giving back some ground to start Tuesday, with contracts trading fractionally to a couple cents lower this morning. That follows a constructive Monday where two thousand twenty-six contracts gained ten to thirteen and a half cents. However, open interest shed twelve thousand three hundred forty contracts in that session, meaning some participants were exiting rather than building conviction on the rally.
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